federer to fish: a trickle-down theory

Nick: in your update about the current happenings in the life of Mardy Fish, you can add that he’s adopted the style of the great DarthFederer (but with adidas gear instead of R-Fed’s Nike).

This photo was taken during his second-round match against Ivan Ljubicic at the BA-CA Tennis Trophy in Vienna. The Croat won the match 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (4).

And speaking of “where are they now?”, Ljubicic should be on that list. He’s now been replaced by Nikolay Davydenko as the guy keeping the hotshots company in the top 5 and he’s slipped into a No. 13 ranking. On the bright side, we love the kit provided by his new clothing sponsor, Li-Ning. Goodbye, Diadora.

The Federer looks so much better in all black. Fish just looks like a poser.

In other news, is it true that the Madrid Masters draw doesn’t come out until SUnday? TTC is having another racquet bracket and i went to go fill it out, but you it says you can only sign up for an email alert. if it really doesn’t come out ’til then, then i’m only going to have like 24 hours to make my picks.